Thank you to everyone who attended the CineMakina: “Craft of Speed” MOONEYES Documentary Screening, presented by Makina Drivers Club X Humanist Films! Our deepest gratitude to Shige Suganuma, Chico Kodama, and the entire MOONEYES family for allowing us to share your important story. Much love to Nick Tolosa of Makina Drivers Club and his family and Anthony Ngo of 8th & Santa Fe and his entire team for their great collaboration.
Many thanks to our featured speed shops and builders—Benton Performance, Bulletproof Restorations, Current Los Angeles, Manofield + Mobile Weld Specialist, Sleepers Speed Shop, The M Shop, Timeless Autoworks, Vintage Japanese Motor Union, and Vintage Vochos—and exhibiting photographers—Andy Bermudez @floral.nef, Andres Caceres @rflctve, Jacob Martinez @_kidsoftoday, Elias Omar @omarchived, TJ Roque @mr.mukatsuku, Tyler Rousseau @tyler_rousseau, and Justin Villanueva @justinrvillanueva—for the honor of showcasing your inspiring work. Much appreciation to our Special Guests—Oliver Wang and Chelsea Liu of the Japanese American National Museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community.”
Cheers to Amboy, Oinkster, Highland Cafe, and Set the Bar for expanding our cinema event into a culinary one. A shout out to our DJ, Vitaliano, for spinning records and turning our event into a party. We’re very grateful to John Pompa of Syndicate Press for handprinting our limited edition “Honor the Past. Build the Future.” posters for all of our guests. A special thank you to Gary Israelian for being our hero and a good friend. Thank you to all our family and friends for your hard work with event support.
Our utmost gratitude to Jon Dunn, Diane Dunn, and Jim Dunn of Jim Dunn Racing for your gracious support our film. Doumo arigatou gozaimashita to Terry, Koji, and Ty Yamaguchi of Japanese Classic Car Show for your kind help. Most of all, thank you to all our attendees, including Karen Brown of MotorTrend, Brian Kadorian of Hagerty, Rev. Hibiki Murakami of Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, and many respected companies, organizations, and individuals, who made CineMakina a unique and special cinema experience. Lastly, a heartfelt thank you to everyone for your generous assistance with L.A. wildfire recovery.
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